Marius Sophus Lie
1842 - 1899
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Sophus Lie made major advances in the theory of continuous groups of transformations and differential equations. Lie groups and Lie algebras are named after him.
Mathematicians born in the same country
| Honours awarded to Sophus Lie (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| LMS Honorary Member | 1878 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1895 |
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